After seven days of intense competition at the Blackpool Dance Festival, the most prestigious ballroom dance competition in the world wrapped up this past Friday in Blackpool, England. As the best of the best gathered to compete for the coveted title of Blackpool champion, there was no shortage of tears, smiles, and surprises. Check below for the complete list of this year's division winners.

Amateur Rising Star Latin

1. YIMING TANG & XINYI HUANG -  CHINA
2. MIKHAIL POPOV & VERONIKA TAMAROVA. - CHINA 
3. KIRILL ALEKSANDROV & ANASTASIA DUBROVSKAYA - RUSSIA

Amateur Rising Star Ballroom

1. ARTEM KUKLIN & ALIKA DIKA -UKRAINE
2. VADYM NEGREBETSKYI & BETTINA HATFIELD - ENGLAND
3. XIANGYU CHEN & YUEHAN JIAO - CHINA

Professional Rising Star Latin

1. PASHA PASHKOV & DANIELLA KARAGACH - USA
2. ALEXEY KARAULOV & VLADA KARAULOV - CANADA
3. ILYA MALETIN & POLINA MAIER - CANADA

Professional Rising Star Ballroom

1. VLADISLAV SHAKHOV & EKATERINA POPOVA - USA
2. GIANNI CALIANDRO & ARIANNA ESPOSITO - ITALY
3. JIN XUAN TU & MENG XUE PENG - CHINA

Over 50 Ballroom

1. XINGMIN LU & KATERINA LU -USA
2. ALDO MAZZI & ROBERTA PISACANE - ITALY
3. BRUNO LAZZARESCHI & IDA ZOTTA - ITALY

Senior Latin

1. SUPPAKORN CHUWONGWUT & ZUZANA VASAILES - AUSTRALIA
2. MICHAEL HORSTMANN & DENISE HELLER - BELGIUM
3. ANDREAS HOFFMANN & ISABEL KRUEGER - GERMANY 

Senior Ballroom

1. TAMAS KEMENY & NORA PRINCZ - HUNGARY
2. SLAWEK LUKAWCZYK & JANINE-NICOLE DESAI - ENGLAND
3. LUCA BANDETTINI & MARGHERITA PETROCCHI - ITALY

Under 21 Latin

1. LLOYD PERRY & REBECCA SCOTT - ENGLAND
2. PETUR GUNNARSSON & POLINA ODDR - ICELAND
3. ILYA KASHIRKIN & ANASTASIA ABRAMENKOVA - RUSSIA 

Under 21 Ballroom

1. ARTEM KUKLIN & ALIKA DIKA - UKRAINE
2. DANYLO DOBROVOLSKYI & ANASTASIIA MALOVANA - UKRAINE
3. ILYA GOLOVCHENKO & KRISTINA BOGOSLAVSKAYA - RUSSIA

Amateur Latin

1. FERDINANDO IANNACCONE & YULIA MUSIKHINA - USA
2. KLEMEN PRASNIKAR & ALEXANDRA AVERKIEVA - SOLVENIA
3. DAMIR HALUZAN & ANNA MASHCHYTS - SOLVENIA

Amateur Ballroom

1. CHONG HE & JING SHAN - CHINA
2. FEDOR ISAEV & ANNA ZUDILINA - RUSSIA 
3. DIEGO ARIAS PRADO & EKATERINA ERMOLINA - RUSSIA

Professional Latin 

1. RICCARDO COCCHI & YULIA ZAGORUYCHENKO - USA
2. STEFANO DI FILIPPO & DASHA - USA
3. DORIN FRECAUTANU & MARINA SERGEEVA - MOLDOVA

Professional Ballroom 

1. VICTOR FUNG & ANASTASIA MURAVYEVA - USA 
2. ANDREA GHIGIARELLI & SARA ANDRACCHIO - England 
3. DOMEN KRAPEZ & NATASCHA KARABEY - Germany

Highlights

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